TEAM BASINGSTOKE DEANE SPORTS REPORT

As at August 2016

As we are now into the Olympics
in solidarity with our national team it has been decided to use the sobriquet
Team Deane

Petanque at Bordon Thursday 4th August
against Medstead and Four Marks.

The first of the sporting
fixtures this week took the Deane team of Rouse, Vickers, Graydon, Clarke,
Lentell and Day to Bordon .

Both this event and Bowls the
next day had Sat Nav implications. The German efficiency of Kevin's Mercedes
decided shortest was best. The chosen route prompted two bouts of nostalgia
with Jonathan recalling his schooldays Geography field trip and gave a detailed
exposition on the sunken roads of the upper green sand escarpment.

On passing the satellite dishes
at Oakhanger Kevin remembered previous visits to certain possibly classified
establishments. The other passengers in the car wish to place on record that
any breach of The Official secrets Act is all down to Chief Vickers.

Eventually we located the venue
and met with our team mates and the opposition.

Since being the sports club for
the large military presence in Bordon now long departed the former glory of the
establishment had faded somewhat.

Battle commenced with the two
triples.

The teams 1 Rouse,Vickers and
Clarke and 2 Graydon,Day and Lentell.

Team 1 did not start well as the
captain converted a score of 2 up to one down. We then began to get the measure
of the terrain to run out reasonably easy winners.

This was emulated by team 2 to
give us a 2-0 lead.

We then moved on to the doubles
with the pairs of 1 Rouse and Vickers,2 Graydon and Clarke and 3 Lentell and
Day.

Rouse and Vickers did not start
well having moved to another part of the terrain they were finding difficulty
in reading the pace and slope and found themselves 9-1 down.

At this juncture Graydon arrived
with news of a 13-0 victory to put Team Deane into a winning 3-0 lead . They
had taken a 5 point lead on the first end and raced away with game.

With the pressure off Rouse and
Vickers stormed back to win 13-10.

unfortunately we were not quite
able to make it a clean sweep but a 4-1 victory takes us through to the finals
at Lymington yet again.

We then retired to the Club
House for refreshment. Despite its appearance the drink and food were good and
very reasonably priced. Medstead had come with a group of supporters and a
convivial evening was had by all.

During the evening we learnt
that Brian the Medstead sports officer had had chemo treatment the day before
and had to substitute himself . We wish him well for a speedy recovery.

As previously mentioned the
Finals which consist of the quarters,semis and final take place in ymington on
Sunday 18 September.

Historically this is when the professionals from the coastal area enter the fray and we have yet to move beyond the quarters. A choice of a good lunch or possibly a plate competition are the possibilities. Volunteers to play are requested as various clashes already exist for some team members.

Bowls at Malshanger Friday 5th August
against Bishops Waltham

Three of the previous night's
petanquers Rouse Vickers and Graydon were joined by another Jim (Lawson) to
form the bowls team. Having two Jims makes it easier for the other side to
remember names.

Again Sat Nav had a part to
play, relying on theirs the visitors had a scenic tour of housing and
industrial estates before arriving some 10 minutes late. A further delay was
needed for some sartorial adjustment and we then got under away

The first end went to BW, Deane
drew level,BW took the lead again 2-1 to BW after 3 ends. It was then Deane began to get
the measure of the green with a score of 2 on the 4th end. They then advanced by singles
over the next 5 ends to make it 9-2 to Deane after 9 ends. BW pulled 1 back Deane took the
next 2 with singles 11-3 after 12 ends.

Any thoughts of over confidence
were removed when BW scored 5 on the 13th end 11-8 a lead of 3 with
2 ends to play. The tension mounted!

Not wishing to go to a final end
showdown as with the last match Deane surged back with a 5 of their own to lead
16-8 at the final end .

Two good opening bowls by Jim
Lawson removed any possibility of an 8 shot loss which would have taken us to
an extra end and in fact we took 3 shots to give a final score of 19-8 to Deane.

Back to the club house. The
caterers Enid and Denise had arrived earlier but the delayed start exhausted
their patience and they departed before the end. Before doing so they had laid
the table and set out all the requisites. Jim G showed advanced tea making
skills whilst Jonathan contended with coffee.

The table was set with cake and
biscuits courtesy of Rouses of Oakley Bakers.

After an enjoyable tea and chat
the opposition departed armed with detailed directions to supplement their sat
nav. Kevin then demonstrated
remarkable washing up skills.

It should at this stage be
mentioned that the opposition looked resplendent in matching Yellow polo
shirts.

While 3 of our team were
sporting our club shirts one was not . Message to regalia officer
please have words with Mr Graydon . He needs a shirt with his name on not only
to help him remember who he is but to match the rest of us.

Where next?

It appears the Bowls is
organised a bit like American Football with the North East Conference and the
South West Conference. We are now in the North East final against either
Medstead and Four Marks or Southsea Castle. We are at home.

The winner will go through to I
suppose “The Super Bowl” against the winner from South and West.

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